Daily Archives: February 25, 2013

From FT.com February 25, 2013

When Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop booked the Grand Tarabya hotel in Istanbul for the group’s annual leadership meeting at the end of January, he planned a spectacular finale. As the meeting of 200 senior executives drew to a close, musicians introduced themselves into the room, playing Ravel’s Bolero, until the whole orchestra was present for the climactic bars. Read more

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John Gapper And the Oscar goes to … crowd-funded films

February 25, 2013 12:28 pm by John Gapper

Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine won Oscar for best documentary short. Getty Images

This Oscars had many surprises, including the winner of the best actress award tripping over her dress on the way to collect it. But one interesting innovation was that for the first time, an Oscar went to a crowd-funded film.

Inocente, winner of the best short documentary award, was funded through Kickstarter, the crowd-funding platform on which creative projects solicit donations. The film raised $52,527 in this way.

Inocente was one of three Kickstarter-funded films nominated for Oscars this year, all in the low-cost short film categories. Read more

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